According to matching media reports, David Wagner has to work on in the next season to FC Schalke 04. The 47-Year-old has made, especially in England, a name – and a famous best friend.
The Schalke Fans will be pleased: He has Schalke-barn smell. David Wagner, will be for the upcoming season, coach of the Royal Blues, belonged to the legendary “Euro fighters”, brought in 1997, the UEFA Cup and Gelsenkirchen. In the decisive final game with Inter Milan, won the Schalke 4:1 in the penalty shoot-out, state-of-the striker, however, is not even in the squad. However, Wagner was allowed to celebrate, after all, he had played in the history of the competition five times. That was the biggest success of his playing career, which took him alongside Schalke, among others, the Bundesliga team Eintracht Frankfurt and FSV Mainz 05, but overall rather modest went.
Klopp’s Best Man
Wagner is the son of a U.S. American and a German. After the birth in 1971 in Frankfurt am Main, he spent his first years in Los Angeles, after the separation of his parents, he moved back with her mother to Germany. For the national team of the USA to the best of Wagner-ride games of eight countries.
The Hand on the Uefa Cup: David Wagner (r.) at the entrance to the Gelsenkirchen Park stadium
After the end of his active period as a footballer Wagner studied biology and physical education and alongside his coach ticket. The first experience as a Coach, he made in 2007 in the area of young talent, the Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Four years later, he followed his friend Jürgen Klopp to Borussia Dortmund, where he trained the second team. With Klopp Wagner had played in FSV Mainz 05. Wagner Klopp’s best man was, Klopp is the godfather of Wagner’s daughter.
A voluntary departure from Huddersfield
The British newspaper “Daily Mail” referred to Wagner because of its proximity to the famous German coach of Liverpool FC as a “Mini-Klopp” – what Wagner found only moderately funny: “If everyone with glasses a beard with three days a Klopp clone, we have 4.9 million of them in Germany.”
Best friends: Klopp (l.) and Wagner
Wagner, it is not necessary, at his friend’s Board. Finally, he has also an own history of success: In November 2015, he took on the relegation threatened English second division side Huddersfield Town, managed the relegation, led the Team in 2017 sensational in the Premier League and also kept there first class. In the current season Huddersfield is already Relegated. In January, Wagner resigned as team Manager. “I had no intention to dismiss David this season,” said club boss Dean Hoyle at that time.
“Really challenging”
As the British newspaper “The Times” asked David Wagner recently after his plans for the future, he referred to a Bundesliga-Engagement as a “very interesting”: “I have never worked in the Bundesliga, which makes it even more exciting.” The 47-Year-old made it clear, what conditions would have to meet his future employer: “The mindset needs to be exciting and really challenging. If it’s a club that just wants to do what he has always done, is inspire me.”
In this requirement profile Schalke would be a perfect match, because to challenge it is lacking in Wagner’s former club after this disappointing season really.